Montag, 24. März 2008

Peanut Butter Invasion

First off here's a pic I meant to post in the beginning of March, but totally forgot in the mess that is my images folder ;)Anyway, I pretty much had the same breakfast today: a pear, Blueberry Raspberry Pancakes with applesauce, blueberry sauce and maple syrup.

And now onto the birthday baking. I apologize because we were in a hurry and when we arrived at his place I honestly just didn't think of taking more food pictures although there was A LOT of food. His mom made many turkish dishes. I had the vegetarian ones: couscous and hummus. And even though her hummus was perfectly prepared I still don't get why so many seem to go nuts over it.

But now I present you the best chocolate cookies! I am not kidding. If you're into the combination of banana, peanut butter and chocolate you will love these! If you're not into the banana taste simply use another egg-replacer.

They were actually supposed to have a PB core inside, but we were out of peanut butter and made only the chocolate cookies. I'll post the full recipe though, they are totally worth it!

1. stir together flour, cocoa, and baking soda, set aside2. in a separate bowl, mix margarine, sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter3. add mashed banana, soy milk, and vanilla, beating well4. beat in as much flour mixture as possible using a mixer, stir in the remaining flour mixture5. form into 32 balls, about 1 & 1/4 inches in diameter, set aside

1. beat together powdered sugar and peanut butter until smooth (knead by hand if necessary) and shape into 32 balls2. preheat oven to 350°3. slightly flatten a chocolate dough ball and top with a peanut butter filling ball, shape the chocolate dough completely around the peanut butter dough, roll into a ball and repeat with remaining dough4. place cookies 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking pan5. bake for about 8 minutes or just until set

The cookie surfaces should be slightly cracked. Cool on pan for about a minute. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.Can be frozen for up to 3 months!

The Peanut Butter Cinnamon Rolls which my friend liked the most.They looked pretty much like those, but we didn't have time left for icing but had already mixed powdered sugar, cinnamon and vanilla sugar together and just put that on top which lead to the picture - lots of sugar, but where are the rolls?

And not very photogenic, but damn tasty! Crunchy, sweet and perfect with the raspberry jam in the middle: Peanut Butter Cupcakes from VwaV. We just added jam and 71% chocolate pieces.

All in all this was a huge success, everything was very well recieved and I was called the MacGyver of baking because everyone was like "I'll call you when I want to bake and am missing an egg so you can tell me what to use instead!" Ha ha =p

I wanted to make a pie with silken tofu, too. But the stores were closed on Friday and when I wanted to buy it on Saturday I looked at the recipe again to read that it was supposed to cool in the fridge overnight. So no pie, but there was wayyy to much food anyway.Talking about way too much food, I just came back from my best friend who's polish and her mom made Pierogies & Borscht, roasted rosemary potatoes, red beet salad and lamb's lettucce with oranges... SUCH a filling and wonderful dinner!

Oh my goodness, you have gone peanut butter crazy! But I don't blame you one bit... That stuff is addicting and everything looks amazing! (You must have gone through, like, 5 jars of peanut butter.) I really like your breakfast, too. I must try your pancakes.

Oh my goodness, you have gone peanut butter crazy! But I don't blame you one bit... That stuff is addicting and everything looks amazing! (You must have gone through, like, 5 jars of peanut butter.) I really like your breakfast, too. I must try your pancakes.

T - Thanks =)Ha ha, absolutely! Funny that you mentioned buttermilk, because my friend was mixing together some batter, added the "buttermilk", licked her finger and was like "Eww, I totally forgot about the vinegar in there!" =p

Romina - My best friend helped me with the cinnamon rolls and cupcakes, but I was still surprised that we got everything done without too much hectic!You should give the pb rolls a try, I'm sure you'll love them!Aren't they? They look kind of like christmas cookies, but it's snowing here so it fits actually =p

Courtney - Aww, thank you and thank you =) I love to bake for people who mean something to me!

Lauren - Thanks!

Ruby - Totally! I think I had 2 crunchy pb's, 2 creamy pb's and 1 organic pb and I could've used more =pI love fruity pancakes, I wish I would've had a breakfast like that this morning *sigh*

You don't understand how happy your breakfast platter makes me. I want that so bad right now! Mmmm, pear. I bought some Bosc pears at the store the other day, they were quickly gone, just ate 'em plain. Good fruit always ends up getting eaten, I never seem to be able to save it for a nice spread like this!

Those cookies are beautiful! Gorgeous! And they sound really tasty!

You made her cake! It WAS so good! Seeing it makes me want to make it again, but you provided that recipe for cookies. Hmmm, now I'm in a dilemma.

Ok, I'm seriously having a baked goods attack from this post! I love the PB crispy bars as well. I think I may want to make those too!

I should seriously move to Germany! You and I would get fat quick. ;-)

Everything looks so good... How do you do it?!I love your blog. I've started a new blog and you're one of my role models, so come say hello anytime you want!! Und ich wohne auch in Deutschland! Wo hast du den veganen Käse gekauft?!

Jennifer - Believe me, me too ;) I have some pears lying around, but they're not ripe enough yet, pooh =(Ha ha, everything was so good. I'm glad you blogged about the cake =)Do that and hell yeah, we'd get bigger by the minute. You'd cook for me, I'd bake for you... the stove would be under constant use I guess =p

Katie - Ha ha, I wish we could all meet because then I'd be able to bake even more and cook, too... why did nobody invent beaming yet? *sigh*

Veghead - Thank you =)Sorry, I have no idea to be honest. I found it on a website about a year and a half ago, but most of the time I copy recipes by hand and don't print them out so I'm clueless.I'm sure you'll enjoy them!

Liz - Thanks! They reminded me of christmas cookies =p

Liz² - Thank youuu! I was worried I wouldn't get everything done on time, but luckily I did! That guy deserves all the baked goods in the world - especially because he actually prefers them vegan so it's a win-win situation ;)